語 – word, speech, language

14 strokesTaught in grade 2#301 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 語 means word, speech, language. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゴ (go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かた.る、かた.らう (kataru, katarau). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	かた.る	kataru
Kun’yomi	かた.らう	katarau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・口・五.

Words using 語

語ごword英語えいごEnglish (language)語るかたるto talk about言語げんごlanguage語学ごがくstudy of foreign languages国語こくごnational language物語ものがたりstory語句ごくwords and phrases単語たんごword敬語けいごhonorific熟語じゅくごkanji compound主語しゅごsubject用語ようごterm物語るものがたるto tell (a story)述語じゅつごpredicate語彙ごいvocabulary語源ごげんorigin of a word漢語かんごJapanese word of Chinese origin文語ぶんごwritten language略語りゃくごabbreviation標語ひょうごmotto

Example sentences

２００語以内でその文章を要約してください。

Sum up the passage within 200 words.

Tatoeba #235601

メキシコではなに語を話すのですか。

What is the language spoken in Mexico?

Tatoeba #194658

アメリカでは英語を話します。

They speak English in America.

Tatoeba #230259

Kanji with the same radical

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.